• This success was achieved on Tuesday, March 31, 2015.
• This safety milestone demonstrates Alba's ongoing commitment to the safety and welfare of its employees and contractors at the workplace.
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), a leading aluminium smelter in the world, achieved a major milestone of 5 million hours without Lost Time Injury (LTI) on Tuesday, March 31, 2015. The Company last achieved this milestone in March 2008. The new milestone demonstrates Alba's ongoing commitment to the safety and welfare of its employees and contractors at the workplace.
Commenting on this achievement, Alba's Chief Executive Officer, Tim Murray said:
"I would like to thank everyone working in Alba for this significant achievement. This milestone was achieved as a result of the team effort between Management, Alba Labour Union, employees and contractors. I would like to specifically thank Alba Labour Union for their tremendous support in all safety activities, which played a critical role in achieving this success.
This milestone was achieved by Alba taking the Ownership on Safety. Looking forward, I urge everyone to continue to focus on the ZERO accident principles and I am sure working together as one family we can achieve ZERO LTIs in 2015."
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About Alba
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) - one of the largest and modern aluminium smelters in the world - is renowned for its premium grade aluminium products, technological strength and innovative policies, strict environmental guidelines and high track record for safety. Established in 1971 as a 120,000 tonnes per annum smelter, Alba today produces more than 931,000 metric tonnes per annum of the highest grade aluminium, with products including standard and T-ingots, extrusion billets, rolling slab, properzi ingots, and molten aluminium.
Alba is listed on both the Bahrain Bourse and London Stock Exchange, and the company's shareholders are Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (69.38%), SABIC Industrial Investment Company (20.62%) and the General Public (10%).
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